Cigar lighter



C. H. CUNO 01min LIGHTER Filed Dec. 11,, 1924 iNVENTOR Patented July 20, 1923.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. CUNO, F MERIIJEN, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNOR TO THE CUNO ENGINEER- ING CORPORATION, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTI- CUT.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

Application filed December 11, 1924. Serial No. 756,169.

v To accomplish this object I provide the reel caslng with an'openingand seat for the holder of the igniter, and a bracket or clamping frame which is secured to the casing immediately above the holder. This bracket is provided with set screws in the rear so that the device may be readily attached or detached.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a construction embodying one form of the imv provements of my invention.

Figure 2 is a slde view and partial section showing the device attached to an in strument board.

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of the clamping bracket.

The casing 5 may be of any suit-able'construction and provided with any suitable form of'spring reel or drum 6. The front 7 of the casing is provided with an op'enin 8 for the cord and a seat- 9 for the holder 10.

This holder may be provided with any suitable form of igniter or lamp and may also have a switch with an-operating button 11. This opening 8 is arranged in such 85 position with respect to the reel as to permit theconductor cable or cord to be drawn out readily.

The bracket is preferably of sheet metal of U shaped section and provided with a back :10 arm 12, a horizontal extension 13, and an outer arm 14. The back arm may be suitably secured to the casing above the seat 9, as for instance. by welding or riveting. This back arm or base is provided with lugs 15 which extend out beyond the sides of the casing. A

setscrew 16 is adjustably carried in each of these lugs so that the device may be clamped to the lower edge of-an instrument board or dash 17.

to The device is adapted to beattached to any form of .board. In the form shown the board is of sheet metal and has a channelled flange 18 at its lower edge. Preferably the screws 16 are inclined downwardly and conshelf with verged forwardly. This simple expedient insures a more secure hold on the board. It provides a maximum security in compact arrangement. This an ular arrangement of the screws may be rea ily provided by simply bending the lugs 15 slightly at the points where they join the arm 12.

By mounting the holder 10 in the lower edge of the casing beneath the instrument board the device is not only less obtrusive to -view but out of the way and protected against injury. This construction is also much less expensive to make than those of the prior art with which I am familiar in which there has always been a long tubular extension for the holder with clamp nuts. This arrangement in which the holder is almost entirely beneath the instrument board also protects the switch button 11 from accidental contact.

This construction does away entirely with the necessity of drilling or boing holes in the instrument board. It also makes it possible to readily remove the cigar lighter or to change its position to suit the convenience of the user.

It should be understood, of course, that the invention is also applicable to trouble lamps, such as shown in Cuno Patent No. 1,208,504, and to cigar lighters having automatic switches, such as shown in Cuno Patents Nos. 1,342,015, 1,355,943, 1,378,013,

or manually operable switches in the casing,

as in 011110 Patent No. 1,422,180.

In my former application 714,314, I have shown a form of construction in which I have broadly claimed the combination of a reel casing with a tubular extension for the cigar lighter holder and a clamping frame detachably mounted on this extension.

I claim:

a 1. A supporting clamp bracket having a a front arm and a rear arm secured thereto, said rear arm having ears ex tending fromits opposite sides, said ears being inclined with respect to each other and with respect to the front arm, and set screws passing forwardly throu h said ears and converging toward each ot er and toward said shelf.

2. A U-shaped supporting clamp bracketclined toward each other and inclined downwardly, towardthe front member.

3. A reel casing having a cable passage in its lower front edge, a channel-like supportingclamp bracket secured to said casing and havingfront and rear flanges above sa1d cable passage and set screws passing forwardly through said rear flange one being on each side of the reel casing, said screws being in 10 clined forwardly and downwardly toward each other and toward the front flange.

4. Asheetmetal supporting clamp bracket having a horizontal shelf with an upwardly projecting front arm and a rear arm, said posed clamp screws passing forwardly thru opposite sides of said rear arm and spaced apart from each other, and extending forwardly towards said front arm, said screws being in a plane which makes an obtuse angle with respect to said front arm on the side adjacent said shelf.

CHARLES H. CUNO. 

